Jim made his West End musical debut in that very theatre in 1965 in,
"The
Wayward Way."

Jim
Dale is one of the world’s great stage entertainers: singer, dancer, comedian,
Shakespearean actor, raconteur.
In "Just
Jim Dale", he takes audiences on a journey through an unequalled
career in the theatre
with a myriad of irresistible showbiz tales, songs and performances –
a career extending from performing as the youngest professional comedian on the
British Music Hall stage,
to joining the National Theatre at the request of Sir Laurence Olivier, starring
in 28 films including 11 of
the "Carry On"
series,
his Broadway triumphs in "Scapino",
"Barnum"
and "MeandMy
Girl", and then his uproarious experiences narrating all seven Harry
Potter audiobooks for the US market.
Candid, intimate and hilarious, "Just Jim
Dale" is an unforgettable evening with consummate stage personality,
encompassing stories from the vast breadth of Jim’s theatrical work, film
roles and beloved songs,
including "The
Colours of My Life", "The
Lambeth Walk" and "Georgy
Girl".

Here
is one of the very best New York reviews for "Just Jim Dale" any actor could
possibly receive:John Simon
New York theatre critic, 5th. June 2014

What
a relief to come to the marvelous “Just Jim Dale,” as good a solo show as
you will ever see,
and which I cannot commend and recommend highly enough.
Jim Dale may just be the most charming farceur to tread the boards,
while also triumphing on both the big and little screen and in music,
to say nothing of his brilliant recorded readings of the seven Harry Potter
novels,
in which he manages a different, equally splendid voice for all two hundred plus
characters.

But let’s get back to charm.
This usually comes with high comedy a la Noel Coward or Cary Grant,
or, more
Gallicly and bedroomily, by Charles Boyer.
It almost never comes with unabashedly low or middle-range farce,
dazzlingly
elevated to the heights attained by Jim Dale,
as he holds you in his palms, his feet, his whole body for two uninterrupted
hours,
leaving you wallowing in laughter but perfectly game for any number of hours
more.

Delightfully
accompanied by Mark York on the piano—and a bit beyond—
Dale sings and
clowns, dances and jests with delicious patter,
and moves with an anthology of comic walks, gestures, and even the odd pratfall,
right onto your funny bone and into your heart.
And when I say funny bone, I don’t mean merely that spot on your elbow,
but every bone and muscle making you shake with laughter to make the rafters
ring.

The
show is essentially Dale’s telling and reenacting of his life and stage story,
and how a boy from a working-class suburb of London, with working-class parents,
worked
himself up through hard training to the summits of showbiz,
to Britain’s beloved Music Hall and beyond it to every possible medium,
including Shakespeare and Molière, displaying matchless movement (as suggested
by his father),
terrific timing (ditto) and those oodles and oodles of charm
which only inborn talent and hard work
lightly worn can attain.

Richard
Maltby, Jr. has contributed skilled direction, and Anna Louizos a handsome
backdrop,
but mostly it’s the genius of just Jim Dale.
He has “forged in the smithy of his soul” (phrase by James Joyce) not
just “the conscience of his race” (Joyce again),
but also the conquest and conveying of the summits of comedy.

It
is impossible to impart all this through mere printed words; you must catch
“Just Jim Dale” and experience it firsthand.
What you see and hear will stay with you as a touchstone for as long as you are
capable of joyous remembrance.

The
“Just Jim Dale” team is directed by Tony-Award winning director (and
co-author of “Miss Saigon”) Richard Maltby, Jr.
Pianist Mark York and Musical Director Aaron Gandy make up this glorious
foursome.